6.2-magnitude quake strikes off central Indonesia

File photo released by Indonesia's accident mitigation agency, on Feb 12, 2019 shows the lava flow into the sea from Mount Karangetang on Siau Island in North Sulawesi which is prone to earthquakes. - AFP

JAKARTA (Xinhua): A 6.2-magnitude earthquake jolted central Indonesia early Thursday (Jan 7), but no damage or casualties were reported, and no tsunami warning was issued, officials said.

The Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics Agency has earlier measured the quake at 6.4 magnitude but later revised it down, an official at the agency Aziz Widiarso said.